The weekly reader for social justice warriors poses the ultimate identity politics quiz: “Does Eric Schneiderman prove we should never trust a male feminist?”

The motley crew at the Stately Manor got there long before Schneiderman got his comeuppance but we were Deplorable before it was a fashion statement. Then again, we’ve been swimming upstream for so long we we’re turning salmon pink.

Identity politics has a ranking system based on the degree of victimhood. The Nation’s Katha Pollitt is an arbiter of this caste system. Ms. Pollitt answers her own Schneiderman question with this polemic:

The history of #MeToo … makes clear that neither party has a monopoly on men who behave atrociously to women. … the only thing one can say with assurance is that they’re men. Yes, I know women can be abusers, and I know some men are great, but at the moment #NotAllMen is looking more like a wish than a declarative statement. …

Have we passed through the Leftist event horizon? Into the dark hole where all politics isspaghetti-fied into nothing but pure race and gender? Where the highest form of conscious being is black/female/queer?

Can The Nation condemn an entire gender to the non-personhood of a deposed politburo member? Especially given the magazine’s fragile subscriber base? Yes, it can because it just did!

The tumbrels are rolling!

The white labcoats at the Blaska Policy Werkes took a deep dive into comments from Nation subscribers to “Does Eric Schneiderman prove …?” What they found is identity politics eating itself alive:

You know, Katha, I made a couple of missteps when I was in my 20s and 30s in my personal life, but I’ve always been pro-feminist. But now it’s obvious you and your sisters don’t want me on your side, so FU [mic drop].

Since Katha Pollitt is a straight, white woman, does this mean that any gay or black people should never trust her? The Republicans do a good enough job dividing us on the left. It’s time we come together and fight the common enemy.

Does Katha Pollitt prove that nobody, not even writers for The Nation, can help but cast unrealistic over-generalizations across an entire demographic group? Does she prove that even self-proclaimed and “open-minded” progressives can’t contain their prejudice? Ah well….

Katha, As a woman who has been an activist for women’s reproductive rights for many years and as a person who has moved politically to what is considered the “far left”, I just won’t support any woman because she is a female. And I won’t believe every woman automatically just because she is a woman. I’ll tell you why. I have seen over my 65-plus years many women who are nothing less than treacherous, and completely able to lie about a man to get revenge (usually for being rejected). The two very best bosses I ever had in this world were women, but two of the worst lying, back-stabbing, incompetent bosses I ever had were also women.

“Believe women”? If women never lie about rape, does that mean the Scottsboro Boys were guilty? They were, after all, accused of rape. What about due process?

… Identity politics is destructive and sexist or racist, no matter where you stand.

The funniest, the FUNNIEST was Rachel Maddow coming down in support of Brokaw . . . because he never made an unwanted grab at her!

Blaska’s Bottom Line: We are entering very dangerous territory here, folks. Communists loyal to Stalin actually had infiltrated American government, academia, and the arts in the late 1940s/early 1950s. (The Rosenbergs were guilty; Alger Hiss was, indeed, a spy.) But demagogues like Joe McCarthy hitched a free ride on a real threat and discredited the movement.

Always believe if you wish but have we forgotten the the fake rape charges against the Duke University lacrosse team? (The prosecuting district attorney was eventually disbarred.) The University of Virginia fraternity hoax perpetrated by Rolling Stone? (Never happened) The recanted sexual abuse charge against the late Chicago Cardinal Joseph Bernardin? (Accuser sought his forgiveness.)

The tumbrels are rolling, people. Eventually, #MeToo will turn on any man who flirted on company time, offered to buy a drink, or “stole a kiss” in a movie theater.

For extra credit: “Eric Schneiderman, New York’s former attorney general, may have been a longtime champion of women’s rights, but he now stands accused of beating and verbally abusing multiple women. After hearing the accusations against him, Samantha Bee said that she didn’t feel at all conflicted about condemning the onetime liberal darling.” — The New York Times.

Not only did Tom slurry-mouth Brokaw NOT make a pass at me and I look nothing like Wretched MADow, but if my former workplace bosses were somehow resurrected, they’d be able to start their own male #Metoo movement 🙂 You guys are absolutely on fiyah today!

Lefties can’t resist the opportunity to exercise their favorite superpower, virtue-signaling; one of their preferred targets is abusers (real or imagined) of women, but the biggest target of all is–you guessed it–RACISM! The virtue signalers at UW-Madison are currently in full-throated outcry against two distinguished alumni, Porter Butts and Fredric March, whose names adorn an art gallery and a theatre, respectively. Their unforgivable sin? Membership in two “racist” organizations when they were college students in the 1920s. Madison has no statues of Confederate generals to tear down, but never underestimate the detective skills of the perpetually aggrieved. By their exalted moral standards, no one branded a racist can ever escape the consequence of that ignominious label. The governing body of the Memorial Union, where the Porter Butts Gallery and the Fredric March Theatre are located, has decided to cover up their names pending a decision by the Chancellor whether to remove them permanently. Clearly, one bad choice (if it smacks of racism) negates a lifetime of admirable achievements. The real question is why the rest of us put up with these gestapo tactics. At least the family of Porter Butts has decided to fight back. See the details on the front page of today’s State Journal.

Trying to capture the moral high ground gotch? If Schneiderman turns out to be an a$$h$#e then we should all condemn him. The Blaska extra credit when looked at fully was Ms. Bee giving this guy the finger, calling him trash and adding C. Rose in the mix. Where did your brown, black, white nonsense come from? “Lachrymose activity of melanin-challenged?” Typical fat old white guy BS spouting crap while looking down your nose at us peasants. Lachrymose- weeping, teary-eyed. Melanin- the BLACK pigment in hair and skin. In other words you mean whining white women. Your word smithery is both annoying and dishonest. Just throwing dirt in the air to hide who you really are. A blow-hard.

Splain dat a bit more fer us, would you? Somewhere you were trying to address skin color as “brown, black, white nonsense.” See, I am stuck on the first word, “brown.”

Are brown people protected or special? My reading equal protection clause of the 14th suggests the law is color-blind. Yet, we know From 2013 WIS. Act 20, Section 500g. 23.09(27) of the statutes:
Summer Tribal Youth Program. The [DNR] may, in partnership with any of the federally recognized American Indian tribes or bands domiciled in this state, establish a summer program that provides members of the tribe or band who are 13 to 19 years of age with an opportunity to work on projects related to the conservation of natural resources.

Special jobs program for “brown” youth, but not all “poor” youth. White youth are excluded, even if poor and even if they would like experience in conservation.

Yust trying to figur this out as an ethnic Norwegian —- Did Schneiderman write this legislation for Wisconsin? Or was it his reference to ‘brown slaves’? Please hep me I get so confused when equality means some must be denied opportunities, while others are rewarded because of their skin color.

Apparently Mrs. Clinton’s Nemesis is not done humiliating her for defending her husband’s misogyny. How much of this Liberal on Liberal fire would have occurred under her reign?
Katha Politt was all for Bill as long as he supported abortion. These harridans, and especially Hillary sold their souls years ago. Now they must pay the bill.
This is real change and thus the winning is sweet justice and not only not tiring but exhilarating.
Thank you President Trump.

NK prisoners released. Obama 11- trump 3. You think trump and his staff are winning by pissing all over John McCain? Setting the middle east on fire is winning. We will be at war in 2019. Write it down.

Take off those reality-filtering Industrial-Strength-Thickened-Weapons-Grade-Hardened ideological blinders. Youse don’t need to add to the varied-n-many reasons us the benighted deem indications of monumental cluelessness.

And general bone-spurs has done what. Turned Iran loose again and moved an embassy that has started riots all over again. Tossed our allies under the bus and is making us a laughing stock. trump and bolton will have us in another war in less than a month.

Lemme get this straight: youse contend that President Trump can’t hold a candle to the self-anointed 4th Greatest President EVAH!! in anything except the fomenting of military conflagrations, even when a fact-based reality clearly says otherwise?

It’s the MSM’s job to quit the Trump Tongue Bath? How’s that now? But, as truth-teller Michelle Wolf pointed out, they must LOVE Trump. They cover him breathlessly, and have since he launched his campaign.

And so far there is nothing bad about President Trump that you and OB don’t consume avidly. From the silly hooker showers to the porn star to Russia hacked the election to a blue wave for a party that is divorced from reality with no message but hatred for the president.
Carry on.

That’s the number of protected groups you’s have identified to ply with class envy, victimhood, & identity politics.

Never mind.

“Scroll down the Democrats’ home page and you’ll find a dull party platform with 93 bullet points and a list of links entitled ‘People.’ Each link leads to a subgroup: Women. Hispanics. LGBT people. ‘Ethnic Americans.’ There are 17 different groups, and a different message tailored for each.” (bolds mine)

“I will work night and day and week-ends, never play golf, surround myself with the biggest, bestest brains. I’m going to drain the swamp and give the dry land to the Little Sisters of the Poor. I’ll fly out my bedroom window and rescue puppies from burning buildings. I will give hundreds of thousands of dollars to my personal lawyer so he can pass it on to needy strippers and never use my name. Blah Blah Blah.”

Like AB said try living in the present. Your old deflection tactic is worn out. trump has had more people resign or be fired than a temporary labor service and those left are stealing the country blind. In 6 months he’ll be advertising on craig’s list for cabinet people. Rudy’s a senile drunk and Cohen has one foot in a cell. And they are his personal lawyers. trump sucks so bad his own wife won’t even hold his hand and people are writing in their wills that they don’t want him at their funeral. The sad part is people like you, Hannity, Ryan, Nunes, etc are continue to support him while he destroys our country.

ABob and PR, try to comprehend that you’ve cried WOLF! a hundred times and its always been a squirrel. You’ve immunized the prez against criticism and are reduced to whining for his base to be a little outraged.
A. that’s an oxymoron.
2. why would we want to resemble you guys?

I can’t think with emotion. That’d make me a liberal. And that is why you are over wrought and often wrong. Rational support for the laundry list of President Trump’s rookie year makes me a cult follower?
Again, your over the top, constant Trump derangement costs you critical thinking, honest analysis and political clout.
Again, you’ve largely immunized him from much, if not most criticism.
Beware going full richard lesiak….. there lies madness.

Huh… there I go thinking again and not blindly following trump. Excuse me for not understanding why youse guys can cheer veterans at your never-ending rallies then pee all over John McCain. All in the same breath. In the same tweet. That’s just one example of my confusion To say nothing of trying to make sense of a Sanders press briefing. Or; hearing about rigged elections and then Walker denying two districts their right to a special election all the way to spending a ton of money fighting in court. Vos getting free trips to england and then ranting about welfare fraud. I confess that the Dems do the same thing and I have issues with that, but to blindly follow trump and support his entire agenda with out question …there lies madness.

Don’t you mean the chaos in trump’s WH. My old chicken coop leaked less than that place. Now we find out Hannity calls trump each night before beddy-bye. Awwww. How cute. Nice to know that we have a president that likes Hannity to read him a book and tuck him in at night.

The Dems have no wanna-be strongman authoritarians like Trump, thank god. NeverTrumpers like Dave have caved; Trump now owns the GOP and, as recent elections have shown, it’s paying a huge price. Walker is peeing his pants over the upcoming Blue Wave. Enjoy your “winning,” it’s gonna be short-lived. (Or will we now get the predictable Spat response “I’m above partisan politics because I’m not a Republican”?)

ZTE ZTE ZTE Now trump wants our gov’t (Taxpayers) to stop picking on the chinese telecommunications company because “china people” need jobs. Never mind the sanctions in place for spying and stealing intellectual property they are really good guys. And who knows, maybe some of them will buy some condos. Every sale gets a fruit basket and a US visa.

Wrong again gotch. I said look it up yourself trying to be polite. But, since that didn,t work. get off your lazy as#, get out of your fox and frauds bubble, look at the other side with an open mind. And why are you getting in the middle of something I said to madex? Since you follow your dear leader in every way that must make you a McCain hater too.

She says women are held to different, and more superficial, standards of appearance than men. She’s right. Ask any woman, Gotch, if you know any. Trump wears the same ill-fitting suit with a ridiculous lounge singer hairstyle, and gets away with it while insulting the appearance of others. Nope, no double standard there…

Don’t put words in my mouth. You gotta problem, take it up with Blon Lee.

Be careful, he’s a New Age Chinese Buddhist, so a Lefty World View Cafeteria patron like yerself best tread lightly. Hopefully your staggering self-loathing will prevent you from offending anyone that’s not (snicker) a (heh!) White (giggle) Y-Chromosomal Unit.

“…let’s add misogyny to Gotcher’s characteristics.”

Awww, isn’t that tres cute; @AnonyBob is throwing around the “M” word.

The Blue Wave is as likely as the Hillary Landslide.
You have leaders in your party but they’re scared of your base. Cryin’ Chuck Schumer wanted to do an infrastructure bill with President Trump until the activists (defined as Lefties who don’t know what they want and won’t be happy until they get it) showed up on his door step.
President Trump’s approval ratings tick up while the congress and media hover in single digits.
If you can get your opponents scared, angry and easily triggered you’ve won.
There are obvious reasons that the party of open borders, potty police and higher taxes is at its lowest ebb since the 1920’s.
I expect the winning to continue and if any Wisconsin pol is incontinent its Senator Tammy D LGBTQLMNOP. Her base is made up of those who use their lady parts to pull the voting lever and inspire their head gear.

Better tell all that to Adult Diapers Walker and all the GOP candidates who’ve been losing elections they normally would’ve won. Trump ticks up from all-time low popularity territory to solidly negative territory. I’ll tell you which side is panicking and which side is motivated to vote. Meanwhile, Tammy can sit back and let Cruella de Vukmir and the guy whose parents’ contribute to Tammy duke it out.

Hold on there gotch…In one of your rants you say;” It’s a shame that someone like McCain chooses to go out angry and bitter” .That’s it? No one like McCain should be treated like trump and his staff have treated him. Some retired right-wing general gets on Faux and calls him Songbird John, hinting he gave up info while a prisoner, a staffer says; “it doesn’t matter he’s dying anyway”, To say nothing about all of General Bonespurs comments. And now your saying it’s all on McCain; that HE chooses to be angry and bitter. Sadly; your comment sums up what the entire party you support are all about. No respect. I wrote alot of stuff here that I know you will be putting (” “) around and begin your jibberish. Have at it

Asking for a friend

Mike Huckabee asks: What would a federal judge do if Jim Acosta challenged him in his courtroom, argued and refused to give up the microphone when a bailiff tried to retrieve it?

Unmet needs?

‘Got anything for us?’

MidTown 8:25 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 18 — Officers met with a victim (26-year-old AAM) who reported being approached by two AAMs, one AAF and one WF (possibly all juveniles) as he was waiting for a bus. The victim stated the “juveniles” asked him if he had anything for them. The victim said he referred to them as “kids” which caused the two AAM’s to batter him. The suspects fled. The victim sustained visible injuries, including a chipped tooth.

Someone (could) DID get hurt like this!

11:35 p.m. Nov. 17 — A Fitchburg police officer spotted a Subaru Forrester that was listed as stolen through MPD. The vehicle took off when a stop was initiated. The vehicle ended up crashing into an unoccupied house near Allied Dr, located within the City of Madison. The house sustained heavy damage and the vehicle was totaled. All three occupants were transported to the hospital.

The suspect driver was a 16-year-old AAM, whose injuries were unknown at the time of this entry. A 14-year-old AAF passenger sustained a broken arm. A 14-year-old AAM passenger had a fractured/dislocated hip and will be admitted for surgery. Fitchburg PD took the vehicle for evidence in their investigation and MPD took the crash investigation.

Even MORE school-to-prison at La Follette H.S.

Friday’s Disturbance — 3:44 pm. Nov. 16 — The La Follette High School Educational Resource Officer was outside monitoring students when a suspect (30-year-old AAF) began yelling threats from the street at school staff. The suspect’s daughter (14-year-old AAF) threw a water bottle at a group of students in front of the school and then fled with her mother in a vehicle. Officers performed a traffic stop on the vehicle and while officers attempted to detain the suspects, an additional passenger/suspect (16-year-old AAF) was arrested for interfering. The 30-year-old suspect was conveyed to the Dane County Jail while the teenagers were cited for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.

Tuesday’s disturbance — 9:55 a.m. Nov. 13 — School Resource Officer (SRO) at La Follette High School asked for additional resources as a disturbance was breaking out in the commons area of the school.